The purpose of this class is to alert licensees to those situations that may cost them large amounts of money, or their license, or both. The course will help protect the public by educating licensees to recognize bad business practices while making them aware of the ongoing risk management regarding contracts, agency, anti-trust and fair housing issues in real estate.

Course Objective

At the conclusion of this course students will be able to:

Recite Fair Housing law and policy

Interpret rules and regulations relating the anti-trust and disclosure issues

Identify areas of risk in the practice of real estate

Mitigate the risk to the consumer through sound business practices

Table of Contents

Introduction

Unit 1- Fair Housing

Federal Laws

State Laws

Other Issues

Unit 2-Agency

Anti-Trust

Disclosure

Fraud

Misrepresentation

Title Risk

Unit 3: Contract Risk

Unit 4: Liability

Unit 5: Case Studies Federal Laws

Audits

Complaints

Legal Cases

Lead Based Paint

Final Exam

The contains several instructor assessments as well as multiple choice exams, interactive exercises, and is completed with a multiple choice final exam.